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...prices stop rising?) and came to the chilling conclusion that collapse was inevitable. Lewis takes us inside the investment banks and ratings agencies to demonstrate that no one had any idea what they were actually doing. And with the money flowing so easily, no one particularly cared. When the world goes mad, there are always a few voices of reason. In one of the best books about the crisis so far, Lewis shows the consequences of not listening...
After two years of negotiations, a settlement that could pay out as much as $675 million to workers who assisted with the cleanup of the World Trade Center site went before a federal judge on March 12. If the settlement is approved, more than 10,000 people could receive compensation for illnesses caused by contaminants at the site. Claimants would need to prove that they were at ground zero and are legitimately sick...
...Stalag 17. The film provided an early view of Graves' ability to play both a hero type and its own internal contradiction. Throughout the '50s he alternated supporting parts in big films (The Night of the Hunter, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell) with leads in It Conquered the World and other sci-fi anticlassics ripe for later mockery on Mystery Science Theater...
...guaranteed to go to the World...
...arteries and trigger heart attacks and strokes. Doctors say the majority of current statin users are healthy people who don't have heart disease but who, like Segal, simply have high cholesterol. Use among this group, known as the primary prevention population, has made these drugs one of the world's best-selling classes.(See "The Year in Health 2009: From...